Public governance and the third sector: Opportunities for co-production and innovation?

The New Public Governance?: Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Public Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 223-236

  Pestoff, Victor ^a,b   Brandsen, Taco ^c  

^a Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84860329271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203861684     Document Type: Chapter

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